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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?
(a) Priests.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Saints.
(d) Angels.

2. Where would one find the fifth element?
(a) Outside the orbit of the moon.
(b) Underneath the earth.
(c) At the equator.
(d) Beyond the sky.

3. What led to the belief of unicorns?
(a) Imitated pictures.
(b) False tales.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Strange images.

4. Which philosopher believed souls to be eternal?
(a) Plato.
(b) Chalcidius.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Augistine.

5. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?
(a) Matter.
(b) Concentric spheres.
(c) Repetitions.
(d) Patterns and ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was mapping authority denied in Asia?

2. Which soul was created by God?

3. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?

4. What is the story about Cato and Marcia an allegory for?

5. What does Somnious Scipionus mean?

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